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July 19, 1938. B. M. WILLIAMS CONTAINER Filed Dec. 20, 1937 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 19 1938 CONTAINER Benjamin Williams, St.Louis, Mo., asslgnor to Gaylord Container Corporation, St. Louis, Mo., acorporation oi Maryland Application December 20,

1937, Serial No. 180,688 l 'z claims." (ci. 22a- 44) My inventionrelates to a container, particularly to a container made ofiiber-'boardIor other bendable material and especially adapted for use in shippingbottled products.

The principal object of the invention is a con-- tainer which utilizescomparatively light material, but which is so constructed as to have thenecessary strength and rigidity. Another object is to protect the upperedges oi' the end walls of the container. Other objects and advantageswill appear hereinafter.

The invention consists principally in the construction of the end walland cover members whereby the desiredf'strength and rigidity areobtained., The invention further consists in the container and in theparts .and combinations and arrangements of parts hereinatter describedand claimed. In the accompanying/drawings, wherein like referencecharacters indicate like parts, fJ f Fig. 1 is a plan view of the bodyblank for a container embodying my invention;

Fis. 2 is a plan view of anend blank;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the assembled container, with thev coverportions closed;

Figi/'4 is a top plan view, a portion of the cover members being brokenaway;

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view on the line 5--5 vin Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view through the abutting portions of thecover member flanges looking towards the inner face of an end wall;

Fig. 'I is a sectional view on the line 'I-1 in Fig. 6; .i

Fig. 8 is a partial end elevation of the inner face of an end wall; e

Figi 9 is a sectional View on the line 9-9 in F18:

Fig. 10 is a top plan view of the middle portion ot an end wall;

Fig. 11 is a partial end elevation of face of an end wall; and

Fig. 12 is aV viewsimilarto` Fig, 7. showing a modification. I -4 InFig. 1 is illustrated a body'blank'Al which is preferably made offiber-boardbr the'like and is divided up into .a bottom panel I,' twoside panels 2 and two cover panels 9, one at each end of the blank andeach covering halt of the top of the container. The division or jointbetween the outer v the bottom panei I and each ,-side panel 2 is formedby score lines which facilitatethe folding up of the yside panels 2, andthe division o joint between each side panel 2-and its cover panel 3 isformed by similar score lines Il.

At each en d of the bottom panel I' is a iiap 9 by a wide or doublescore line 29, constituting a i disposed hand hole 24, the strip 25removed from which is marked ci! by a score line 1. The endv edges\9 ofthese ilaps 8 are continuations of the score lines 4.

At each end of each side panel 2 is a ilap of the same width as thebottom panel iiaps E and marked oi from its side panels by a score lineI0. The edge I I of eachof said naps adjacent to -a bottom panel'ap B iscut away along a. line extending angularly from the corner of the bodypanel and thence parallel with the body panel score lines, so that theseflaps I0 are oi' reduced length to facilitate setting up the box. Theother edge I2 of each of said aps 9 is a continuation of a score line 5.

Each cover panelI 3 has a score line I 3 extending 15 parallel tothescore lines 4 and 5, marking the edge of a ange I4 and with a secondparallel score line I5 marking oi a iiange lining strip I6, as will 'befurther described in vconnection with the set-up box. 20 The coverpanels 9 are provided with end naps I1 of the same width as the aps 8and 9,

the edge of each iiap I'I adjacent to a side panel flap 9 being cut awaysimilarly to the edge II oi the side panel flaps 9. At the other Vendedge, each cover panel. ap I1 is provided with a tongue I8 which ismarked off by a score line I9 in continuation of the score line I9 andwhich extends the width of the cover panel flange I4 and flange liningstrip I6. The edges 2li of the cover panel flange I4 and liningstrip I6are cut 30 v. away similarly to the edges II ofthe side panel naps 9.

Each end blank B comprises a body or end wall portion 2| of the samewidth as the bottom panel I and of the same height as the side panels 2,together with a flap 22 adapted to be bent inwardly and downwardly fromVthe upper edge K of the-end wall in the nished box. The end wall proper2| and the end -wall flap 22 are divider' hinge connection between theend wall and its flap, as hereinafter described. v

` Each end wall 2| is provided with a horizontally said nene beingpreferamy utilized in strengtnening the end wall as is hereinafterdescribed.

The body portion 2| of each end blank is Vprovided with a verticallydisposed slot 26 in its upper edge, the bottom of said slotl 26 being 50spaced from the top of the hand hole 24 by an amount equal tothe widthof the strip 25 removed in making the hand hole. The hinge portion 29 isprovided with a slot 21 in continuation of said.y

,slot 26 which flares from the endfof said slot walls of said main slot.

wall flap 22-is a continuation of the wide portion of said slot 21, thedepth of said slot 28 being somewhat greater than the depth of the slot26 in the end proper 2|.

In the assembled box. the lower edges of the end walls 2| rest on theends of the bottom panel I and against the ends of the inner faces ofthe side panels 2, the bottom panel flap 6 and the side panel flaps 9being folded over against the end walls and secured thereto as bystaples 29. The strips 25 are placed against the inner faces of the endwalls 2| with their lower edges flush with the upper edges of the handholes 24 and with their upper edges fiush with the bottoms of the endwall slots 26. 'I'he end wall flaps 22 are bent inwardly and downwardlyagainst the end wall 2I and secured thereto as by staples 30, one staplepassing through each end wall 2I strip 25 and end wall flap 22. The endwall ap 22 may extend to about the mid-line of the hand hole 24, inwhich case the lower edge of said ap is provided with a recess 3| toaline with the upper portion of the hand hole.

The cover panel end flaps I1 and flanges I4 are turned downwardly, thetongues I8 of the f aps I1 being bent against the inner faces of thecover flanges I4. The flange lining strips I6 are then rebent upwardlyand secured to the flanges I4, as by staples 32, some staples extendingalso through the tongues I8.

It will be noted that the cover panel flanges I4 and lining strips I6are shorter than the distance between the end walls proper 2 I, butslightly longer than the distance between the inturned end wall flaps 22and that the scored portion I5 which is bent over the tongues I8projects below the level of the tongues. Thus, the tongues only extendinto the narrow slots 26 of the end walls proper and the end portions ofthe flanges I4 and flange lining strips I6 extendv into the wider slots28 of the end wall flaps 22, the increased depth of said slots of saidend wall flaps accommodating the depending end portions 33 of the coveranges I4 and lining strips I6 and said depending portions 33 abuttingagainst the strips 25, or against the end walls 2|, if said strips beomitted as shown in Fig. 12.

The wide or double score line 23 of the end wall 2I provides a wideledge or seat for the cover panels 3.

The above described container has important advantages. 'I'heconstruction of the end walls and cover panels permits an interlockingand 'bracing arrangement that greatly increases the strength andrigidity of the box.v The upper edges of the end walls are free 'fromraw edges which would deteriorate due to wear and moisture.

Obviously, numerous changes may be made lwithout departing from theinvention and I do A slot 28 in the end 2. An lend wall blank for acontainer of the kind described comprising a body portion having a slotin its upper edge, a marginal iiap extending along said upper edge and awide scored portion between said body and said flap, said scored portionand said strip having a slot flaring from the end of said first slot forsome distance into said scored portion and then extending with its edgesparallel to those of said first slot, the depth of the portion of saidslot in said fiap being greater than the depth of said slot in said bodyportion.

3. A container comprising side and end walls, said end walls havinginturned upper marginal iiaps, said end walls having slots in theirupper edges and said inturned flaps having slots in line `with said endwall slots but wider and deeper,

cover panels hinged to said side walls, side and end flanges on saidcover panels, and tongues carried by said end anges and secured againstthe inner faces of said side fianges, said side flanges extending beyondsaid inturned flaps of said end walls but stopping short of said endWalls, said tongues extending through said slots and the edges of saidside flanges'extending below the bottoms of the end wall slots in thedeeper slots of said end wall aps.

4. A container comprising side and end walls, said end walls havinginturned upper marginal naps, said end walls having slots in their upperedges and said inturned iiaps having slots in line with said end wallslots but wider and deeper, a reinforcing strip interposed between eachend wall and its inturned strip with its upper edge flush with thebottom of the slot in the end wall, cover panels hinged to said sidewalls, side 'and end anges on said cover panels, and tongues carried bysaid end flanges and secured against the inner faces of said sideflanges, said side flanges extending beyond said inturned aps of saidend walls but stopping short of said end walls, said tongues extendingthrough said slots and the edges of said side flanges extending belowthe bottoms of the end wall slots'in the deeper slots of said end wallaps.

5. A container comprising side and end walls. said end walls havinginturned upper marginal aps connected to said end walls by relativelywide flat joint portions, the lower portions of said flaps being securedto said end walls, said end walls having slots in their upper edges andsaid inturned flaps having wider slots in line with said end wall slots,cover panels hinged to said side walls, side and end flanges on saidcover panels, inwardly and upwardly rebent lining strips on said sidefianges, and tongues carried by said end flanges and secured betweensaid side flanges and said lining strips, said side flanges and liningstrips extending beyond said inturned flaps of said end walls butstopping short of said end walls, said tongues extending through saidslots and said side flanges and lining strips extending into the slotsof said end wall flaps.

6. A container comprising side and end walls, said end walls havinginturned upper marginal flaps, said end walls having slots in theirupper edges and said inturned flaps having slots in line with said endwall slots but wider and deeper, cover panels hinged to said side walls,side and end flanges on said cover panels, inwardly and upwardly rebentlining strips on said side flanges, and tongues carried by said endanges and secured between said side flanges and saidlining strips, saidside iianges and lining strips extending beyond said inturned flaps ofsaid end walls but stopping short of said end walls, said tonguesextending through said slots and the meeting edges of said side flangesand lining strips extending below the bottoms of the end wall slots inthe deeper slots of said end wall flaps.

7. A container comprising side and end walls, said end walls havinginturned upper marginal ilaps, said end walls having slots in theirupper edges and said inturned aps having slots in line with said endWall slots `but wider and deeper. a reinforcing strip interposed betweeneach end wall and its inturned strip, with its upper edge flush with thebottom of the slot in the end wall, cover panels hinged to said sidewalls, side and end ilanges on said cover panels, inwardly and upwardlyrebent lining strips on said side flanges,

' and tongues carried by said end ilanges and secured between said sideflanges and said lining strips, said side anges and lining stripsextending beyond said inturned aps of said end walls but stopping shortof said end walls, said tongues extending through said slots and themeeting edges of said side anges and lining strips extending below thebottoms of the end wall slots in the deeper slots of said end wall naps.

BENJAMIN M. WILLIAMS.

